African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde

The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau formed on 19 September 1956 by Amilcar Cabral; the Cape Verdean branch later split to form the PAICV in January 1981. It fought against Portugal in the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence from 1963 to 1974 and won independence for the country, and it was the sole legal party until the early 1990s when a multi-party state was established. Today, it holds 65/102 National People's Assembly seats, and it has moved from Marxism-Leninism and communism to democratic socialism and left-wing nationalism.